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Health Technician (Dietetic)
Veterans Health Administration · Madison, Wisconsin · Closes in 3 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
The job is open to the public, but according to the agency's clarification, only U.S. citizens can apply. Applicants must also be proficient in spoken and written English.
Experience: For GS-3, you need at least 6 months of general experience, such as work in nutrition or food service. For GS-4, you need 1 year of general experience, and for GS-5, you need 1 year of specialized experience at the GS-4 level, such as hospital food service, tray assembly, or dietetics software.
Education: For GS-3, one full year of education above high school in medical, health, or related fields. For GS-4, two years of education above high school with at least 12 semester hours in related subjects such as nutrition. For GS-5, a four-year bachelor's degree with a major or at least 24 semester hours in related subjects. Transcripts are required.
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 3 days (November 6, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, based on your resume, the online questionnaire, and required USA Hire assessments. Competencies rated include attention to detail, customer service, technical competence, and clinical data collection. Overstating your experience or cheating on the assessment may get you removed from consideration.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must list job title, duties, month and year start and end dates, and hours per week for each job.
- Send official transcripts with your application if you use education to qualify, since they are required at the time of application.
- Keep your resume to two pages or you may be ruled ineligible.
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